Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction explained

Country:Malaysia
Colorcode:Red
Leader:Huang Yi Chiang
Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction
Abbreviation:CPM-RF
Split:Malayan Communist Party
Successor:Malaysian Communist Party
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Headquarters:Sadao
Position:Far-left
Colours:Red

The Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction was a splinter group of the Communist Party of Malaya. The CPM/RF was engaged in armed struggle. It was founded on 26 September 1970, when the 8th regiment at Sadao Camp broke off from the Communist Party of Malaya, under leadership of Huang Yijiang.[1] In 1983, merged with the Communist Party of Malaya/Marxist–Leninist to form the Malaysian Communist Party in 1983.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Montesano . Michael John . Jory . Patrick . Thai South and Malay North: Ethnic Interactions on a Plural Peninsula . 2008 . NUS Press . 9789971694111 . 192 . en.
  2. Book: Chin . C. C. . Hack . Karl . Dialogues with Chin Peng: New Light on the Malayan Communist Party . 2004 . NUS Press . 9789971692872 . 24 . en.